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Cheese Cannelloni in meat sauce
My parents were here visiting for a couple of months and have just left to go back to the states. Naturally I had to make a bon voyage – make that buon viaggio – dinner and, just as naturally, it had to be something stick-to-the-ribs, meaty, cheesy and tomatoey (Is that a word? I thought [...]
Tragedy
I’ve gotten numerous emails from people wondering if we are safe here in Abruzzo. First, I’d like to thank everyone for their concern. Fortunately for us, we are about 120 miles from Aquila and not along the fault line, so we did not feel the earthquake. Luigi felt it and woke us up, crying in [...]
Women’s Day
As many of you may know, Sunday, March 8, was International Women’s Day or Festa della Donna here in Italy. To be honest, I’d never heard of it until I moved here 3 years ago, but it’s celebrated here with mimosas for the women (the flower not the drink) and with many groups of women [...]
More music
For those of you who didn’t get a chance to see San Remo, I thought I’d add some more of the songs that were sung there. This time I’m concentrating on the women. There’s still controversy surrounding Iva Zanicchi’s song entitled “Ti voglio senza amore” (I want you without love). I’m sure you can imagine [...]
New Music
Last week the usual monotony of Italian television was relieved by the San Remo Music Festival that started on Tuesday and lasted for 4 nights. I have to admit that in the past few years it has been pretty drab and not all that interesting, but this year was different. The festival was well organized [...]
When pigs are yellow….
Don’t ask me why, but when this commercial comes on Luigi has to stop whatever he is doing to watch it. Even if he’s not facing the TV he has to turn completely around, so he apparently recognizes either the voice or the music. Is it the fact that the pig is yellow? Is it [...]
The saga continues…
They called me today from the computer store and the news isn’t good. The BSOD was caused by a corrupt Windows file which means they have to reinstall the Vista operating system. Yes, that means I will have to reinstall all my programs, etc. Just like I did when the computer was new. Ugh. That’s [...]
I did say 2 kilos, didn’t I?
Last Wednesday was O’s birthday and, since it was a weekday, we decided to celebrate on Sunday with his family and Luigi’s godparents. Since I like to cook for everyone, but haven’t really had the time since Luigi was born, and since it was to be the first pranzo in our new apartment, I wanted [...]
World Nutella Day
I discovered Nutella many years ago in France and since then have been a die-hard fan. One of my favorite ways to eat it is on bananas. But it’s great on pizzelles or plain old bread. I once even made a bundt cake and piped nutella in the middle of it (yum). Believe me, you [...]
